Ex Parte DHARAP - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2004-1148                                                        
          Application No. 09/374,694                                                  


               caching the copy of the information resource in dependence             
          upon a semantic type associated with the information resource.              
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Rubin et al. (Rubin)          6,061,763              May 09, 2000           
          Appellant's admitted prior art at pages 1-4 of the specification            
          (AAPA)                                                                      
               Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)            
          as being anticipated by AAPA.                                               
               Claims 1 through 5, 7, 8, 10, and 12 through 17 stand                  
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Rubin.            
               Claims 6, 9, 11, and 18 through 20 stand rejected under                
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rubin.                           
               Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13,              
          mailed November 26, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning             
          in support of the rejections, and to appellant's Brief (Paper               
          No. 12, filed September 13, 2002) for appellant's arguments                 
          thereagainst.                                                               


                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior             
          art references, and the respective positions articulated by                 
          appellant and the examiner.  As a consequence of our review, we             

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